Updated on Thursday: this time, Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg admits to suffering from mental fatigue in English

About two weeks ago, Henrik Zetterberg admitted to Expressen's Mattias Eriksson that, in addition to battling through a spate of injuries (groin, shoulder separation) last season, he felt seriously mentally fatigued from the grind of three very long NHL season and post-seasons, and he reiterated his points, in English, to the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness at the Wings' informal practice:

September 2, Macomb Daily: “I was mentally drained,” Zetterberg said after skating with 12 of his
teammates in preparation for training camp to open Sept. 16 in Traverse
City. “It’s been a lot of hockey over these last three years. Just to
have an extra month to go away from hockey and think about something
else was nice. Now, when it was the middle of July you just want
to get back,” Zetterberg added. “In your body it was enough and you
just want to get back. That drive everyone has right now is good.”

Zetterberg believes that he and his teammates will be in both better physical and mental shape to make another extended playoff push, this time based on a stronger regular season performance, and he feels that the pressure to deliver on that promise rests on his shoulders, too:

“I want to play better,” said Zetterberg, who also got married over the
summer. “I want to produce more and help the team more. I feel a big
hunger to come back and play hockey.”

Zetterberg isn't complaining about Mike Babcock's suggestion that he start the season alongside Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom, either:

“It’s been awhile since we’ve had a chance to start the year together,”
Zetterberg smiled. “We look forward to it. We’re excited to get things
rolling here.”

I'm not a fan of the new Reebok practice jerseys, but I'm sure they'll fly off the shelves.

Update 4:28 AM: Zetterberg also spoke to the Free Press's George Sipple about his summer's adventures and the mental recharging process...

September 3, Detroit Free Press: "Been many years since we had this long of a break," Zetterberg said.
"I stayed here in Detroit for three weeks after the season and basically
did nothing. You
had the whole summer to do your workouts and really get ready for the
season. I think that's important to have, and we haven't had that chance
the last few years."

As well as his wedding...

"It was a good summer," said Zetterberg, among a group of Wings who
participated in an informal skate at Joe Louis Arena on Thursday. "The
wedding turned out great. Had a blast for three days; perfect weather,
and fun group was there."

And the fact that he and Emma are, perhaps, more "at home" in Metro Detroit than in Sweden:

"I was home for three months, and that's enough," he said. "You miss home here. You want to go back and come back to this life. You
spend nine or 10 months (here) the last eight years, so this is more
home than Sweden. It's fun to go back and see friends and family. But
when you've been there for a few months, you want to be here."

Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom told the Detroit News's gregg krupa that he believes Zetterberg will bounce back this season:

September 3, Detroit News: "You know, he had his injuries as well, last season, and I think Hank is going to come out with a good start," Lidstrom said.

He also very obviously wants to play alongside Pavel Datsyuk:

"It's been a while since we had the chance to start the year, and we
both look forward to it," Zetterberg said. "We talked about it this
summer and we want to get things rolling again."

...

Asked
whether his preference is to play with Datsyuk, Zetterberg grinned
broadly then laughed and said, "I think you know the answer to that."